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Exhibition in photos: Chris Ware 2022 at Galerie Martel
Chris Ware 2022. Galerie Martel. Paris. 16 March - 16 April 2022.Opening just a day before Chris Ware's Grand Prix exhibition debuted at the 49th edition of the Angoulême International Comics...
View ArticleIJOCA 23-1 delayed until June; Table of Contents for the issue
This issue is available now electronically. Here's the ToC for it.Vol. 23, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2021Editor's NotesJohn A. Lent1Comics in East Asia: Symposiumedited by Marie Laureillard with John A....
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We've finally undertaken to convert the files that our printer generates into pdfs for subscribers, or for individual sales. We have 11 issues currently available - the first from 1999 and then from...
View ArticleIJOCA e-book links have gone out to subscribers and contributors (for the...
This morning, I sent out Dropbox links to the issues that have been converted to ebooks for people and institutions that we have email addresses for. That is 1-1, 18-2 thru 23-2 (sans 21-1).If you DID...
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Introducing SG Cartoon Resource Hub, a new site for exploring Singapore...
by CT LimDespite my reservations about state funding of the arts [1] (not that I think it is not needed, but I hope it does not lead to a crutch mentality among writers, artists and publishers), I am...
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Exhibition in photos: Shigeru Mizuki at the 49th Angoulême International...
Shigeru Mizuki, contes d'une vie fantastique. Léopold Dahan and Xavier Guilbert. Angoulème. Musée d'Angoulême. 17 March - 3 April 2022.In recent years, the Angoulême International Comics Festival has...
View ArticleComic Art Academic Monograph Publishers - An IJOCA Reference Guide
compiled by Mike RhodeThis listing is certainly not comprehensive, and does not include monograph publishers such as Fantagraphics and TwoMorrows who publish valuable histories and biographies, but not...
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Exhibition in photos: Loo Hui Phang at the 49th Angoulême International...
Loo Hui Phang, écrire est un métier. Loo Hui Phang. Angoulème. Espace Franquin. 17-20 March 2022. As the recipient of the 2021 Prix René Goscinny for the scenario of BLACK OUT (illustrated by Hugues...
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Superheroes and Excess, an Oxymoron: A Review Essay
Superheroes and Excess, an Oxymoron: A Review Essay Eric Berlatsky Jamie Brassett and Richard Reynolds. Superheroes and Excess: A Philosophical Adventure. New York: Routledge, 2022. 288 pp. ISBN:...
View ArticleIJOCA electronic issues and subscriptions available
(apologies for cross-posting) For the first time in its 22-year history, IJOCA is offering digital versions of some of its issues thanks to original layout editor Jae-Woong Kwon and digital conversion...
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Fumetto Opens Up Again in 2022, But Underwhelms: A Review Essay
by Wim Lockefeer; photos by Nick Nguyen Founded in 1992 as the Luzern Comix Festival, the Fumetto International Comics Festival can rightfully call itself one of the most important comics events in...
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The complexity of walking to the corner with someone: A Swedish book review
by Gerald Heng Walk me to the corner Anneli Furmark Montreal:...
View ArticlePR: Farewell to Fumetto's Artistic Director
media release: Farewell to Fumetto's Artistic Director Dear journalists, dear partners and friends After 11 festival editions, Artistic Director Jana Novotny of the Fumetto Comic Festival Lucerne will...
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Book Review: The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series.
Reviewed by Cord A. Scott, UMGC-OkinawaJim Lee and Paul Mounts. The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2022. $25....
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Book review: Anatomy of Comics: Famous Originals of Narrative Art
Damien MacDonald. Anatomy of Comics: Famous Originals of Narrative Art. Flammarion, 2022. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/713632/anatomy-of-comics-by-damien-macdonald/9782080281876Reviewed by...
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It's Not My Fault: Confessions of a Comics Junkie - R.C. Harvey's...
Bob Harvey, a longtime comics historian and cartoonist passed away last week, suddenly after an injury. We've asked someone to write a remembrance, but here's R.C. in his own words, at least as far as...
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Curator’s Notes on Icons of American Animation, the exhibition
by Robert LemieuxDuring the first quarter of 2022, I was fortunate to curate a popular animation exhibition, Icons of American Animation. The exhibit spoke to the rich history of one of America’s most...
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Exhibit Review Essay: European comics festivals return to Angouleme and Haarlem
By Barbara PostemaAngoulême: 49e Édition Festival Internationale de la Bande Dessinée, France, March 17-20, 2022. https://www.bdangouleme.com/Stripdagen Haarlem, Netherlands, June 3-12, 2022....
View ArticleGoodbye, Bob (and thanks for all your words about pictures!): A Far Too Brief...
Daniel F. Yezbick This week, the verbal-visual clans of Comics Studies bid fond farewells to one of our most influential, persistent, and prolific pioneers. On July 7, 2022, we lost the great Robert C....
View ArticleMaia Kobabe interview online, will appear in print in IJOCA
Maia Kobabe in Conversation: Banned Books, Queer Stories, and Gender Queer: A Memoir conducted by Kathleen BreitenbachComicsDC blog July 21,...
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